Adam Kovac writes novels, short stories, and content for tabletop role-playing games. He's the author of the forthcoming science-fiction/horror novel HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION (November, 2026), and THE SURGE, a novel of the Iraq War. Adam is the creator of HARD VACUUM, a series of science fiction role-playing game adventures, wth additional work in the Scoundrels of Brixton setting, Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society and elsewhere. His short fiction was published in The Ampersand Review. He also consulted on the audiobook edition of Billy Summers, by Stephen King. A former journalist, Adam covered the crime and court beats for newspapers in Indiana, Florida and Illinois. He also served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, with deployments to Panama, Haiti, Iraq and Afghanistan, and an overseas tour in the Republic of South Korea. ​Adam earned a Bachelor of Arts from Purdue University, a Master of Arts from the University of Illinois Springfield, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Northwestern University. ​He lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and son.